PHOTOS: Four new shiny red and black fire engines will soon be rolling through the streets of Kent.
Kent-based Puget Sound Fire purchased four engines for its East Hill stations and one to serve the city of SeaTac, which contracts with the agency, to replace aging engines. Each engine cost $890,000 (with Washington state sales tax) for a total cost of $4.45 million, according to Puget Sound Fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak.
The sparkly new engines will have more features than the older trucks.
“These engines have better lighting, interior and compartment lighting to save firefighter’s night vision, and enhanced scene lighting for firefighter safety,” Pawlak said. “These engines also have a better suspension.”
It’s a less expensive engine and turns quicker than what Puget Sound Fire previously purchased from Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisconsin.